 Nexus dress, BHLDN.com. Remember that super good sale we told you about last month going on at BHLDN?
Well, they’ve just added over 100 new styles to it—lots of great fall and winter stuff in there—just in time for holiday-party season. (Because even though BHLDN is, at its core, a wedding brand, obviously, there are about a million items on there that are pretty much perfect for any party-like occasion.) Or, you know, just in time for you to find the perfect bridal gown, bridesmaid dress—or shoe, clutch or jewelry to go with it.
The percentages off are pretty awesome, too—the gorg Nexus dress pictured here was originally $240, and is now $120, for instance.
So get shopping.
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 Kristy and Eric at their second engagement party this past weekend. Eric and I celebrated our halfway point this past weekend: We were exactly in between our engagement and our wedding—nine months in, with nine months to go. It was an exciting day because the past nine months seem to have flown by, and I can only imagine the next nine will hydro-speed past us. I can’t help but smile every time I catch myself dreaming of our wedding day. Regardless of the amount of years we have been dating, I become overjoyed with the thought of committing our lives to each other and starting our future together.
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 Stephanie and Pat, dancing the night away at their engagement party! When I got engaged, I was simply euphoric. What was remarkable was that my family and friends were just as elated.
Three of my co-workers had dropped me off at the train station the day I got engaged. I remember how insistent my coworker Kaitlyn had been about making the 2pm train, that it was fine to get down to DC as early as possible that weekend. As the car pulled away from the curb and they watched me pass through the 30th Street Station doors, my coworkers Amanda and Charlotte squealed in revelation, “Oh my god, she’s getting engaged, isn’t she?” And when Kaitlyn—in on the plan—confirmed, the car erupted in screams of glee. Brimming with excitement and feeling compelled to share the news with anyone she could, Amanda went on to tell the cashier at the grocery store and her taxi driver later that night all about her friend’s engagement.
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 Dynamic Graphics Eric and I found ourselves at a home goods store last week in the registry department, armed with a scanner and a basic check list.
We decided to start a registry because we have an engagement party around the corner, and we had an open Wednesday night. Starting a registry is fun and exciting, but can also be a bit overwhelming. I tried doing my homework before venturing through the store, but there’s only so many pots and pan sets you can compare online before surrendering to someone with a bit more expertise. (Then, you still find yourself in the kitchen gadgets section thinking, “What on earth did we do before silicone oven mitts?” Or you spend 10 minutes going back and forth between metallic grey or a white mixer.)
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Candid is hard.
 Carly and Sean, during their engagement photo session on Pier 9. After some debate over whether or not we should have engagement photos taken, we decided to go for it, thinking that we would like to have a few cute photos to create our save-the-dates. Little did we know that smiling and kissing for a few pictures—something that should feel so natural—would actually be quite awkward and uncomfortable!
A few weeks ago, Sean and I headed to the Race Street Pier to have our engagement photos taken. We had set the appointment with our photographer to take the pictures just three days after our engagement party. However, with my major focus on planning our party, I hadn’t thought much about the pending photo sesh. When Tuesday evening came around, I found myself nervous and with nothing to wear. (Why hadn’t I bought something for this occasion? I love buying occasion-specific outfits!)
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 Carly and Sean at their engagement party. I love, love, love parties. I love planning birthday parties, surprise parties, theme parties and, not to toot my own horn, I think I’m pretty good at it! I love going to all of the above types of parties too! There is really only one kind of party that just isn’t my cup of tea, though—parties for me.
Oddly, this is something that seems to slip my mind each August when my birthday rolls around and I begin planning festivities to celebrate me. I have fun creating a theme or signature cocktail—then the big day comes and I’m all stress and worry. It is becoming increasingly more evident, however, that this is something I am going to need to get over, as the next year will bring a few occasions at which I am going to be the (reluctant) center of attention. Therefore, as I share this week’s story, I’m also going to share some tidbits that I recently learned at our engagement party. (Selfishly, I am hoping these tidbits serve more as reminders to myself, but if you can benefit as well—even better!)
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We just found out. Mind. Blown.
 Newly betrothed Nigel Richards and Nicole Cashman; photo by HughE Dillon. We’ve all either heard about them, or seen them in a movie, right? (The first one that comes to mind for me is when Chris Pratt’s character proposes to Anne Hathaway’s character in Bride Wars, but that may or may not be because I stop on it basically every time it’s on HBO.) It’s the fortune cookie proposal! The unsuspecting bride reaches for a fortune cookie after a fabulous meal of Chinese takeout, cracks it open expecting to find a profound little piece of paper inside predicting what her life will bring, and whoa. She does actually get that—just in the form of a diamond ring. (Usually, of course, with a kneeling, nervous boyfriend somewhere in the background.)
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 Jupiterimages photo, courtesy of ThinkStock.com. My wedding-planning motivation took a break after Dress Shopping Day. I attempted to find some bridesmaids’ dresses (more on that later), but then gave up and decided to put that on hold for a few months. There are plenty of non-wedding activities to keep me busy at this time of year, so I haven’t been stressing much about it—but what I have been thinking about is other people’s weddings. Specifically, engagement gifts.
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 Kathleen and Christian at Longwood Gardens, moments after getting engaged. Tuesday morning, December 21st, 2010:
ME: “Where have you been? I have some news for you!”
CO-WORKER: “Oh my god … You’re pregnant?”
ME: “Uh … No, but thanks for noticing the weight gain. I’m just engaged.”
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 The royal-wedding scones from the day of Alyse and Kevin's engagement. I love lists. My current wedding planning lists are broken down into several forms: There’s a Master List that has everything from the venue location to cocktail napkins on it. Then there’s a To Do List that has things like “book a venue,” and ”order cocktail napkins” on it. Then the To Do list is then broken down by month. Necessary? Absolutely not. But my love of lists started well before I was engaged. The list-making and -keeping process has kept me sane before, so I see no reason to not continue it while I wedding plan.
Kevin knows my list-making habit intimately. In fact, he gets his own To Do lists every now and then, which he secretly loves. (There is a sub-part to the wedding list entitled “Kevin’s Wedding To Do,” but I have not disclosed it in full yet). So that’s why I thought it was perfect that Kevin included my love of lists into his proposal!
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